Science & Tech · AI · 2 hrs ago
Local AI model makes mistakes while controlling Home Assistant automations
A user connected a local AI model to Home Assistant to handle more complex voice requests.
The model, Qwen3 1.7B, runs on a Mac, while Home Assistant runs on a separate machine.
Home Assistant can let the model choose from devices and routines that the user has made available to it.
But the model sometimes switches off lights instead of lamps, even when the user uses the assigned names.
Giving it access to more devices and actions can make requests more flexible, but also gives it more choices to get wrong.
The user says these mistakes have led them to add safeguards; no further details about those safeguards are given.
A local AI model used to control Home Assistant automations sometimes carried out the wrong actions.
XDA writer Anurag said his Qwen3 1.7B model sometimes switched off lights when he asked it to switch off lamps.
He connected the model to Home Assistant running on a separate machine over his local network.
Home Assistant can expose devices and routines to the model, which interprets requests and selects actions.
Anurag said repeated errors led him to add guardrails.
- Who
- XDA writer Anurag used the model with Home Assistant.
- What
- A local AI model sometimes made mistakes while controlling home automations.
- When
- The article was published on Oct 22, 2026; the timing of the mistakes is not stated.
- Where
- In Anurag’s Home Assistant setup, with the model running on a Mac and Home Assistant on a separate machine.
- Why
- The model interprets requests and selects actions, but it was not always accurate.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Anurag connected a local model to Home Assistant and used it to interpret requests.
It sometimes switched off lights when he asked it to switch off lamps.
Anurag said he added guardrails.
- Model
- Qwen3 1.7B
- Model computer
- Mac
- Home Assistant
- Running on a separate machine
- Connection
- Local network
- Publication
- Oct 22, 2026
What people are saying
The most annoying mistakes involve commands that should be straightforward
I’m using Qwen3 1.7B on my Mac